I am running AdBlock v0.5 and Firebird 0.7 on WinME. In the Tools/AdBlock menu I have selected the Remove Ads button. I have cleared my cache, and when I log onto a site with known ads, they momentarily display before disappearing. Also the status bar at the bottom of the window shows the ad url being downloaded. This suggests to me that AdBlock is still downloading the images before hiding them, rather than stopping them from downloading. I thought that AdBlock was supposed to stop them downloading in the first place (or am I testing incorrectly?).

Any comments?

Nick

p.s. I was the guest who initiated this thread and have joined the forum because I like the product.

I am not using the latest nightly, just what downloads by default on the Firebird Extensions page. To load the latest nightly, do I have to uninstall the previous copy or can I install it on top of the current version? If I have to, how do I uninstall it? The FAQ says I can do it from the options menu. I cannot find a DeInstall option, only a disable option.

Also, how do I enable FastCollapse or will that be obvious with the latest nightly?

Guest:
Yes, they link to an old version.
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I contacted their webadmin, requesting an updated entry.. and they said "not right now." A subsequent request to remove our listing entirely was ignored.
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After you finish extricating everything, drop a line to their web-guy, and let him know what a pleasure it's been.

When I followed your instructions to uninstall v0.3, a number of the files did not exist. Also some of the files did not have any AdBlock references in them. When I installed v0.5, my original block list was already installed. This should not really have happened if I really had deleted everything from v0.3. Also, a number of other extensions I had installed disappeared. At least v0.5 appears to be working OK.

While this link still downloads v0.3 which is beyond your control, it may be an idea if you could write a v0.3 uninstaller if it is not too difficult. It looks like a number of other people on the forum are in the same boat as I was. Perhaps you could then create a sticky post with the uninstaller and a link to your latest nightly.

1. The removal instructions were combined for "all older versions", but a few steps only applied to v.4.
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2. Your filter-list is stored in mozilla's preference-file. There's no need to remove it between upgrades.
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3. The manual-removal instructions are known to deinstall your other profile-extensions. Scanning the thread, you'll see it's possible to edit some stuff, avoiding this. However, editing RDF isn't easy, and most users will prefer to just reinstall.
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3. The file linked by texturizer.net is now v.5 -- the v.3-file is now a copy of v.5, renamed. At least we wont have any new users facing the uninstall-issue.

Looks like it will be OK from now on. It is a pity that the file on texturizer still has the 0.3 file name. I hope it will not cause too much confusion, and I hope the link is continually updated to your latest builds, but this is all beyond your control.